HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Forgive me if I missed this post but why do we like bubbling the pools what are the benefits?

Here is my answer. I feel much better and i hope they do too thanks for the push. (I was very carefull)

Pool depth was something i was unclear on. Thanks for looking!

Hello everybody great community. I have been lurking for the past couple weeks finally signed up. I have owned a couple different crabs in the past and I am a carnivorous plant enthusiast I thought some hermit crabs would put some life in the house while we endure another winter. And besides that th...

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Puffing up? Kinda like a rattler maybe? Something I thought I saw that looked funny. My biggest crab set the butt of his shell down and tipped the front up so he was looking up at the sky and it kind of sat propped up and tucked his shell in with his long legs where he was touching the sand then he ...

I am a new crabby Pappy of 4 new PP crabs myself. They immediately buried themselves in a moss pit and have not come out for two weeks barely if any. Just last night I saw three of them pop out and go about their crabby duties in the tank. I'm wondering if my 4th one is staying under and molting let...

My guess is they are new and they are not back to their usual crabby self yet. My four new PP crabs buryied deep into a moss pit and I didn't see them for 2 weeks. Make sure they have a good hiding place where they can get lost for a couple weeks and get their bearings they may need to chill for abo...

For freshwater you want tap water that has been treated with a proper aquarium water conditioner. You want the conditioner to take care of chlorine and chloramine ammonia and heavy metals. For saltwater you will want to use distilled water and mix in instant ocean sea salt from the pet store it shou...

I Am brand new myself and my new Pals shot straight down into a deep moss pit and I don't think they resurfaced much if any for 2 weeks wait for them to get their bearings and normalize chances are they are anywhere around 10 years old. Theyre from the wild so they will get used to their domestic li...

I have fo2r PP crabs haven't had them very long and I have witnessed one shell change myself have noticed at least a good handful of changes in just two weeks. Its fun!

Sounds a lot like what I'm going through right now. Got a new 10 gallon and four new PP crabs. They dove headlong into a deep Moss pit where I figured they were hiding and munching on Moss barely saw any of them for two weeks. Actually just last night I stayed up and three of them popped out and whe...

Im wondering the same thing. I just got four small-to-medium pp. They buried themselves deep in Moss and I have seen very little of them but I will let them hide and destress and when they pop out a little bit more Ill try to get myself introduced. I plan on trying all of the above finger antennas. ...